"About 2,500 Brazilian police and soldiers launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, arresting 81 suspects and sparking shootouts that left at least 60 suspects and four police officers dead, officials said. The operation included officers in helicopters and armored vehicles and targeted the notorious Red Command in the sprawling low-income favelas of Complexo de Alemao and Penha, police said."
"Rio's state Gov. Claudio Castro said in a video posted on X that 60 criminal suspects were "neutralized" during the massive raid that he called the biggest such operation in the city's history. Some 81 suspects were arrested, while 93 rifles and more than half a ton of drugs were seized, the state government said, adding that those killed "resisted police action.""
A joint force of about 2,500 police and soldiers launched a raid in Complexo de Alemao and Penha, favelas in Rio de Janeiro, targeting the Red Command drug gang. The operation used helicopters and armored vehicles and resulted in at least 60 suspects and four police officers killed, with 81 arrests. Authorities seized 93 rifles and over half a ton of drugs. Officials said those killed resisted police action. The United Nations and Human Rights Watch called for investigations and accountability. Fires and smoke were visible, and local schools and university classes were closed.
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